Agriculture minister recommends moving 13 state institutions out of Tallinn

Seeder sent a corresponding letter to
regional minister Siim Valmar Kiisler
in connection with updating the
Ida-Virumaa county action plan. He noted
that although his proposals haven’t been
systematically prepared, "I think it is
the high time to make decisions".

Seeder proposes that the Integration
and Migration Foundation Our People be
moved to Jõhvi, Ida-Virumaa; OÜ
Estonian Environmental Research Centre
and AS Eesti Loto be moved to
Rakvere, Lääne-Virumaa; Environmental
Investments Centre be moved to Türi,
Järvamaa county, where the former Tartu
University Türi College building is
empty; Environment Supervision Authority
and Private Forests Centre be moved to
Pärnu; National Culture Centre
Foundation and State Forest Management
Centre be located to Viljandi; Estonian
Internet Foundation to Kuressaare,
Saaremaa; Citizenship Society Foundation
to Võru; Health Development Institute
and Environmental Information Centre to
Tartu.

Seeder said that the majority of
agriculture ministry sphere institutions
are located outside Tallinn and the
ministry has preserved service bureaus
of boards of the ministry's sphere in
all county centres. "Such politics have
justified themselves well," he said.
This year, the Country Life Development
Foundation will be moved from Tallinn to
Viljandi.